Misty Taggart = a writer who had no fight scenes in the old toon?

[CyberCubed]

I noticed something about Misty Taggart's episodes: They had NO fighting at all.

This writer seemed to treat the show more as a comedy than an action show. Her episodes didn't have anything that could be called a fight scene.

For the record she wrote:

- Donatello's Badd Time. That ep in Season 5 where the 3 hillbilies (the Ma and her two sons) steal the Turtle Van and Don tries to get it back.

- The second Polarisoid episode. The first one was an excellent and unique episode, the second one had the annoying Polarisoid kids in it.

- Pirate Radio. The ep where Shredder becomes a DJ to lure everyone into "Krang's Chasm," into Dimension X so the city is barren. This is the ep everyone is hypnotized by the music "Slicer."


There are others but it amazes me when you pay attention to the writers you know which eps will have less focus on action.

[MikeandRaph87]

This is a complete list of the 12 episodes she wrote:

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (12 episodes )
1.Turtles of the Jungle (15 September 1990) - Writer (writer)
2.Four Turtles and a Baby (13 October 1990) - Writer (writer)
3.Name That Toon (10 November 1990) - Writer (writer)
4.Leonardo Versus Tempestra (20 April 1991) - Writer (writer)
5.Raphael Drives 'em Wild (4 May 1991) - Writer (writer)
6.The Turtles and the Hare (16 September 1991) - Writer (writer)
7.Donatello's Bad Time (21 September 1991) - Writer (writer)
8.Pirate Radio (4 October 1991) - Writer (writer)
9.Welcome Back, Polarisoids (14 October 1991) - Writer (writer)
10.April Gets in Dutch (1 January 1992) - Writer (writer)
11.A Real Snow Job (1 January 1992) - Writer (writer)
12.Venice on the Half Shell (1 January 1992) - Writer (writer

I italicized the ones that l liked and the rest were okay. The quarter of who work that I really enjoyed were the more action ones. Looking at the list of 12 she is not David Wise or Michael Reeves either. It would have been nice to have the two of them rotate the writing duties for the entire series. It could have been even better!

[Logan]

It would have been nice to have the two of them rotate the writing duties for the entire series. It could have been even better!

Well... maybe. The writing could've suffered from work fatigue. Wise already recycled a lot of his plots from previous shows for turtles, so imagine how much more we would've been subject to!

[ToTheNines]

Name the Toon and A Real Snowjob both have fighting in them. Case closed.

[oldmanwinters]

Shoot, there's tons of action in "Leonardo vs. Tempestra!"

Also, that "Name That Toon" fight was awesome!
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[MikeandRaph87]

OMW, you took the words right out of my mouth. The whole episode Tempestra was blasting at Leonardo. Turtles and The Hare had a brief fight with Bebop and Rocksteady, some fighting with the giant in the fairy tale dimension, and then Shredder at the end.

[CyberCubed]

Well her Season 5 eps had no fighting. There was even a scene in "Pirate Radio" where Bebop/Rocksteady were about to attack Michaelangelo, but then they run off when the other 3 Turtles arrive.

[oldmanwinters]

While on the subject of writers for children's animated programming, I've often wondered how often a script simply called for "they fight."

[ryukenden]

I enjoyed most of those episode. But the one with Donny losing the Turtle van to a bunch of hillbillies. Pitiful!

[CyberCubed]

I enjoyed most of those episode. But the one with Donny losing the Turtle van to a bunch of hillbillies. Pitiful!

Agreed. I like the idea of the Turtle Van being stolen by villains and using all its gadgets, but I would have rathered it just be Bebop and Rocksteady driving the van around rather than hillbillies.

[Spitfire]

There's a big fight on the boat at the end of Pirate Radio. I mean it's not amazing but most of the fights in the OT weren't much better or more violent.

[NameGoesHere1066]

Shoot, there's tons of action in "Leonardo vs. Tempestra!"

Also, that "Name That Toon" fight was awesome!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Screencaps/shdon4.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Screencaps/shdon15.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Screencaps/shdonb3.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a56/slimer2erasmus/Screencaps/shdonb6.jpg
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notice how Donatello had all the best fight scenes in the OT? I think it was because of his weapon being the easiest to fight with that wouldn't have "lethal" results...well presumably any way.

[Coola Yagami]

Did she have anything to do with the Mona Lisa episode? It had the annoying habit of having Raph and Lisa run from all the enemies... even though Raph is supposed to be a martial arts fighter... I think Lisa did some moves, to prove she was cool, new character and all... but Raph...? Geez dude, did your balls drop in this episode??

[MikeandRaph87]

Despite Filch's ridiculous henchman I thought the episode did everything right. Sometimes you can't just fight if innocents are in the way.